RHEL 6 root login

[McKinon]

Hi I am a newbie and installed RHEL6 beta.I want to login as root user because there are somefiles I can't change via Terminal even though I used su- to run the command as root user..
I tried to change gdm as root user via :#gedit /etc/pam.d/gdm and changed one line to :
#auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet.
I restarted my computer but still could not login as root user..

Is there something I am missing to get the root user login with GUI

Thanks for your help

[Rubberman]

Did you install with SELinux extensions enabled?

[meton_magis]

Hi I am a newbie and installed RHEL6 beta.I want to login as root user because there are somefiles I can't change via Terminal even though I used su- to run the command as root user..
I tried to change gdm as root user via :#gedit /etc/pam.d/gdm and changed one line to :
#auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet.
I restarted my computer but still could not login as root user..

Is there something I am missing to get the root user login with GUI

Thanks for your help

that doesn't make sense, what file are you trying to change, and what command are you using? Logging into X (gnome, kde, whatever) is almost always unnecessary, and a security risk.

[McKinon]

yes,SElinux extensions are enabled.Is there something that I have to look at in SElinux management?

[Rubberman]

SELinux configuration is non-trivial. Read the documentation carefully. You will find what you need there.

[abhandari]

@McKinon..
You did was correct but u need to do one more edit in the /etc/pam.d/gdm-passwd file.

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[root@ispexperts.com.np pam.d]#vi gdm-password

Find and Comment or remove this line into your gdm-password file like this:
#auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet


Save & Exit from File. Now Logout and Try to Login as a root user. Now you are able to Login as a root user from GUI
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That'z it..
U will get a security error message - boss just ignore it N u r done.
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